Name: VegKC - Blue Nile Café Restaurant Meetup
Start: 2025-12-13T14:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-12-13T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Blue Nile Café

**VegKC December Restaurant Meetup!**

**VENUE**
Blue Nile Café - Located in the City Market (aka River Market)

**ABOUT THE VENUE**
They offer a flavorful variety of scratch-made Ethiopian dishes, and more than half of the menu is vegan-friendly!

Highlights include:

* **Veggie Sampler Platter for Two** – a generous spread of all vegan mains served on a large piece of injera
* **Half Platter for One** – choose any 4 vegan dishes

More than half of the menu is vegan friendly, including a large platter for two that offers all the veg friendly main dishes at once served on a huge piece of injera, and a half platter for one including your choice of 4 of their veg friendly dishes.

**Ethiopian cuisine is traditionally eaten without utensils**—you’ll scoop up the dishes using pieces of **injera**, a spongy, slightly tangy flatbread made from teff grain (note: their injera is *not gluten-free*).

Expect a mix of vibrant flavors and textures: lentils with berbere spice, sautéed greens, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and seasonal soups like Duba Shorba (onion, squash, yellow lentils). Though the buffet is no longer offered, the samplers are a great alternative.

**Menu Examples**

* Gomen - Fresh collard greens with onion, ginger, and garlic.
* Misir Watt - A red lentil stew with sautéed onions, berbere, ginger, garlic, and cardamom.
* Atikeltt - Cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, with yellow onion, ginger, garlic, and turmeric.
* Dinich Watt - Potatoes, tomatoes with garlic, and berbere sauce
* Veggie Sambusa - pastries filled with spiced lentils, cabbage, and carrot.
* Mango Juice
* ... and more.

Blue Nile's website ([http://www.bluenilekc.com/](http://www.bluenilekc.com/)) includes a menu.

**WHAT WILL WE DO?**
Our regular monthly restaurant meetups are a relaxed, casual gathering focused around sharing a delicious meal together. Usually scheduled on the second Saturday each month. Depending on the turn out, we typically visit for a couple of hours while enjoying a late lunch. and good conversation.

**RSVP AND HEALTH GUIDELINES**

* If you RSVP “Yes” please **commit to attending** so the restaurant can plan accordingly.
* If your plans change, please **update your RSVP**!
* Feeling sick or recently exposed to illness? Please stay home this time to keep everyone healthy.

**COST**

* **Free!** We intentionally keep VegKC events free to ensure they’re accessible to everyone.
* That said, if you're able, **a small contribution to help cover annual costs is always appreciated**.

Michael Jay

Jami K.A. Ryce

VegKC - Kansas City Vegan & Vegetarian Community

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